Books by John Papadopoulos
Object(s)--Value(s)--Canon(s), 2019
Proofs of paper published in Canons and Values: Ancient to Modern, edited by Larry Silver and Kev... more Proofs of paper published in Canons and Values: Ancient to Modern, edited by Larry Silver and Kevin Terraciano. Los Angeles: Getty Publications 2019, pp. 42-68.
Greek Protohistories, 2019
Following some definitions and etymologies of key termsarchaeology, history, prehistory, protohis... more Following some definitions and etymologies of key termsarchaeology, history, prehistory, protohistorythe purpose of this paper is to review the history of Greek protohistories, chronologically beginning with the earliest writing in the Greek world, in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1800 BC). Ironically, this early writing did not lead to a period that anyone would call 'historic' or 'protohistoric'. From there, the author traces the passage of writing through the 'prehistoric' period, into the Early Iron Age, and beyond, where we find the first constructions of narrative history. Several early historians will feature prominently in this story: Hekataios, Hellanikos, Herodotos and Thucydides, whose work follows on from that of the earliest Greek alphabetic writing in the eighth century BC in the time of Homer and Hesiod. By so doing, the author's aim is not just to problematize 'prehistory' and 'protohistory' as meaningful terms or appropriate categories of analysis, but to suggest that they are, for Greek antiquity, irrelevant.
This volume, the first of two dealing with the Early Iron Age deposits from the Athenian Agora, p... more This volume, the first of two dealing with the Early Iron Age deposits from the Athenian Agora, publishes all the tombs from the end of the Bronze Age through the transition from the Middle Geometric to Late Geometric period. An introduction deals with the layout of the four cemeteries of the period, the topographical ramifications, periodization, and a synthesis of Athens in the Early Iron Age. Individual chapters offer a complete catalogue of all the tombs and their contents, an analysis of the human remains from the inhumations and cremations and of the fauna found in graves, and a full analysis of the burial customs and funerary rites. The pottery and other small finds deposited in tombs are covered in two chapters. An anticipated second volume will deal with the material from all the nonfunerary contexts.
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Papers by John Papadopoulos
American Journal of Archaeology, 2007
... For Epidamnos (Durrës), the recent archaeological survey by Davis et al. ... Metal finds, pot... more ... For Epidamnos (Durrës), the recent archaeological survey by Davis et al. ... Metal finds, pottery fragments preserving painted decoration, or those in need of mending, were treated directly in conservation. ... Page 9. THE BURIAL TUMULUS OF LOFKËND IN ALBANIA 2007] 113 ...
American Journal of Archaeology, 2002
Abstract This article publishes a fragment of a scapula of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) fo... more Abstract This article publishes a fragment of a scapula of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) found in an Early Geomet-ric well in the area of the later Athenian Agora. Deriving from the carcass of an immature beached whale, the bone was brought to Athens and ...
Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome
This paper begins with an overview of the bronze headbands from the prehistoric (Late Bronze to E... more This paper begins with an overview of the bronze headbands from the prehistoric (Late Bronze to Early Iron Age) burial tumulus of Lofkënd in Albania, which were found among the richest tombs of the cemetery, all of them of young females or children. It is argued that these individuals represent a class of the special dead, those who have not attained a critical rite de passage: marriage. In their funerary attire these individuals go to the grave as brides, married to death. The significance of the Lofkënd headbands is reviewed, as is their shape and decoration, but it is their context that contributes to a better understanding of Aegean examples, including the many bronze, gold, and silver headbands found in tombs from the Early Bronze Age through the Early Iron Age, as well as those dedicated as votive offerings in sanctuaries. In addition to discussing the evidence for headbands in the Aegean and much of southeast Europe, this paper also attempts to uncover the word used in this e...
Hesperia, 1994
In memory of Ko6xXca (Evelyn Lord Smithson) N 1952 Vincent Desborough drew attention to five Atti... more In memory of Ko6xXca (Evelyn Lord Smithson) N 1952 Vincent Desborough drew attention to five Attic Protogeometric vases each bearing a painted cross.1 Of these, three were found at Athens, two in the Kerameikos, one in the Agora;2 the other two were found at Knossos.3 In his discussion of them Desborough wrote: "As a curiosity, the painted X on [Kerameikos] 1069 should be noted-the skyphos from the same tomb has the same mark beneath one of its handles," and he made passing reference to a similar mark on a belly-handled amphora from the Athenian Agora.4 Concerning the two Attic skyphoi found at Knossos, he writes that these "have one peculiarity in common-a roughly painted cross beneath one of the handles; it is tempting to suppose that the potter who made them had perhaps marked them thus as for export, but apart from Desborough 1952, pp. 11, 83-84, 87. This paper grew out of the study of the Early Iron Age cemetery at Torone, which was entrusted to my care in the mid 1980's. Eight handmade vases (B4-B11 below) from the cemetery were incised with symbols that could be interpreted as potters' marks. In scanning the bibliography it soon became evident that these marks were unique for the period; the literature indicated that potters' marks were exceedingly rare, or nonexistent, in the Early Iron Age. Visits to Greek museums, however, altered this impression, for although not abundant, Early Iron Age potters' marks were not quite so elusively phantom as scholars had thought. The normally inconspicuous positions of such marks on, below, or near a handle, or else on the underside of a pot, easily overlooked, has made it difficult to glean the symbols from published photographs of pottery. It cannot be stressed enough that the catalogue of marks presented here does not aim to be exhaustive and that the list as it stands is probably very far from complete. It had been my intention to illustrate each of the potters' marks assembled here with a drawing or photograph, or both. This, however, has not proved possible. I am grateful to a good many friends and colleagues for providing me with illustrations or for allowing me access to material in their care, especially the following: Rana Andrews,
Hesperia, 2004
Page 1. The Rich Athenian Lady Was Pregnant The Anthropology of a Geometric Tomb Reconsidered A... more Page 1. The Rich Athenian Lady Was Pregnant The Anthropology of a Geometric Tomb Reconsidered ABSTRACT Recent reexamination of the cremated remains in the celebrated tomb of the rich Athenian lady brought to ...
Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήσ... more Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήση Μπόνια-Jacques Y. Perreault 25 χρόνια έρευνας Οργάνωση πόλης και χώρας στις αποικίες του βορείου Αιγαίου, 8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ. 25 années de recherches Organisation de la ville et de la campagne dans les colonies du Nord de l'Égée, VIII e-III e siècles av. n.è. 3 ARGILOS 2021 Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece Publications de l'Institut canadien en Grèce No. 13 Ελληνοκαναδική Ανασκαφή Αργίλου Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήση Μπόνια-Jacques Y. Perreault 25 χρόνια έρευνας Οργάνωση πόλης και χώρας στις αποικίες του βορείου Αιγαίου, 8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ. 25 années de recherches Organisation de la ville et de la campagne dans les colonies du Nord de l'Égée VIII e-III e siècles av. n.è. 3 ARGILOS 2021 Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece Publications de l'Institut canadien en Grèce No. 13 Ελληνοκαναδική Ανασκαφή Αργίλου Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήση Μπόνια-Jacques Y. Perreault 25 χρόνια έρευνας Οργάνωση πόλης και χώρας στις αποικίες του βορείου Αιγαίου, 8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ. 25 années de recherches Organisation de la ville et de la campagne dans les colonies du Nord de l'Égée VIII e-III e siècles av. n.è. 3 ARGILOS 2021 Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece Publications de l'Institut canadien en Grèce No. 13 Ελληνοκαναδική Ανασκαφή Αργίλου Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήση Μπόνια-Jacques Y. Perreault 25 χρόνια έρευνας Οργάνωση πόλης και χώρας στις αποικίες του βορείου Αιγαίου, 8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ. 25 années de recherches Organisation de la ville et de la campagne dans les colonies du Nord de l'Égée, VIII e-III e siècles av. n.è. 3 ARGILOS 2021 Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece Publications de l'Institut canadien en Grèce No. 13 Ελληνοκαναδική Ανασκαφή Αργίλου Mission archéologique gréco-canadienne d'Argilos Υπό την διεύθυνση των / Sous la direction de Ζήση Μπόνια-Jacques Y. Perreault 25 χρόνια έρευνας Οργάνωση πόλης και χώρας στις αποικίες του βορείου Αιγαίου, 8ος-3ος αι. π.Χ. 25 années de recherches Organisation de la ville et de la campagne dans les colonies du Nord de l'Égée VIII e-III e siècles av. n.è.
Ancient Methone: Hesperia Report, 2020
Ancient Methone (Pieria) was a major port in northern Greece from the 1st millennium B.C. until P... more Ancient Methone (Pieria) was a major port in northern Greece from the 1st millennium B.C. until Philip II of Macedon destroyed the city in 354 B.C. Excavations carried out since 2003 by the Greek Archaeological Service have unearthed Bronze Age burials, important Early Iron Age deposits and inscriptions, and direct evidence of the Macedonian siege, destruction, and aftermath, thereby extending the history of the settlement from the Late Neolithic period past the 4th century B.C. In 2012 an international team joined the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria to study and publish these discoveries, and as the Ancient Methone Archaeological Project, launched a fresh phase of multi disciplinary fieldwork from 2014 to 2017, the preliminary results of which are presented here.
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/publications/hesperia/article/89/4/659-723
The Ancient Methone Archaeological Project (AMAP): A Preliminary Report for Fieldwork in 2014-2017, 2020
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